General Manager

General Manager - Great Lakes Grain - Chatham, ON
- The FS brand represents a standard of excellence for agricultural and energy-related products. It's the people who represent the FS brand that set it apart. As local cooperatives, FS Companies believe it is their responsibility to ensure that our earth, our communities, and businesses perform together, sustainably. FS Companies are committed to ensuring the continued profitability for the company, their owners, and their customers, while enacting to help the environment and greater good.
- Great Lakes Grain is a grain warehousing and marketing partnership between AGRIS Co-operative Ltd., GROWMARK, Inc. (including Central Ontario FS, a division of GROWMARK, Inc.) and Embrun Co-op. Great Lakes Grain is one of the largest operators of Ontario country elevators. It represents over 20 million bushels of storage capacity with total marketing in excess of 50 million bushels. Great Lakes Grain serves farmers out of 27 AGRIS Co-operative, Central Ontario FS, and Embrun Co-op branded locations that span from Windsor through to Ottawa and north to Georgian Bay.**PURPOSE AND SUMMARY STATEMENT**
- Under the direction of the GLG Board of Directors, is responsible for providing leadership, direction and oversight to the business operations according to the company's governing documents, its employees, equipment, and facilities. Has overall responsibility to ensure the financial health, well-being, profitable growth of GLG is consistent with policies and practices adopted by the board.**SUPERVISION AND LEADERSHIP**
- Supervises, develops and leads GLG staff members.**ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS**
- Responsible for leading the management team in developing, formulating and administering GLG’s strategic plans, policies and tactics required to reach short-and long-term objectives.- Responsible for the development of the GLG business strategies and the evaluation of business operations to ensure overall alignment with organization-wide strategies and business objectives. Makes recommendations to the board of directors to ensure support and operational needs are met and resources are allocated in the most efficient manner.- Responsible for managing the organization's human capital, by establishing programs and support systems for the recruitment, hiring, training, evaluation, retention, and succession planning for all employees of the company.- Manages business operations with an emphasis on implementing initiatives to increase profits through- performance and productivity improvements. Develops internal reporting and metrics to measure and calibrate the company's performance against goals and objectives.- Responsible for assessing the company's marketing strengths and weaknesses and developing programs which will improve marketing performance.- Develops and administers annual operating budgets. Also responsible for developing recommendations for and securing necessary approval from the board of directors for annual budgets, fixed asset purchases and leases, contractual obligations, and other matters or transactions requiring board authority.- Responsible for developing, reviewing and assessing the long and short-term financial needs of the company. Responsible for establishing and maintaining appropriate financial reporting and internal control mechanisms.- Responsible for the procurement and maintenance of and accounting for all working capital, merchandise, and equipment of the company.- Responsible for compliance with all company policies and regulatory agencies. Responsible for the prompt reporting of policy violations and irregularities to the board of directors.- Responsible for timely and accurate reporting of all financial, operational, personnel, and marketing issues and activities to the board of directors.**OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS**
- Responsible for achieving a professional image of GLG and the cooperative way of doing business among patrons, stockholders, and the general public.
- Oversees the implementation of training and education programs for all employees.
- Follows Code of Conduct and Corporate Compliance Program, Environmental Health and Safety, OSHA and DOT policies and procedures, as they apply.
- Performs all other duties as assigned.

**REQUIREMENTS**
- Normally requires a bachelor's degree, or equivalent, and 10 or more years' experience with member cooperative and/or GROWMARK in a leadership and management capacity.
- Demonstrated ability to provide leadership in the areas of grain merchandising, grain origination, grain accounting/recordkeeping, and project management.
- Normally requires a Series Ill National Commodities Futures Certificate, or the ability to obtain one within three months of assuming the position.
- Demonstrated knowledge of member cooperative marketing, operations, and finance.
- Understanding and experience with management-related areas including management strategic thinking, leadership and decision-making; financial performance; organ